Let’s sum up the summer: план урока английского для уровня Pre-intermediate

План урока английского языка по теме «Let’s sum up the summer» поможет создать позитивный настрой на предстоящие осенние уроки, а также развить навык разговорной речи и расширить словарный запас. Урок подойдет взрослым ученикам с уровнем Pre-intermediate.

Содержание:

• Task 1. Lead-in
• Task 2. Your summer
• Task 3. Emotions
• Task 4. Preparation
• Task 5. Discussion

Task 1. Lead-in

Look at the pictures. What can you see?

1. Do any of these photos illustrate how you spent your summer?
2. What was your summer like? Did your reality match your expectations?
3. What is one thing you learned this summer?
4. If you could relive one day from this summer, which day would it be and why?

С учениками со слабым уровнем Pre-intermediate вы можете использовать такие вопросы:

1. Where did you go?
2. When did you go there?
3. Who did you go with?
4. Where did you stay?
5. What was the weather like?
6. What did you do during the day?
7. What food did you try?

Вы также можете привести такой пример:

Teacher: Where did you go?
Student: I went to my grandma’s house in the countryside.

Task 2. Your summer

Do you usually make a summer bucket list? Why (not)? Look at the sentences below. Complete the list with the correct adverbs. Choose the things that were on your bucket list. Tell which ones you did/didn’t and why:

• Spend time with my friends and family happy.
• Take a social media break and spend a few days peaceful.
• Make a reading plan for the books that I’ll probable read this year.
• Try new healthy recipes week.
• Drink water sufficient.
• Join a gym and do sports regular.
• Make time to meditate and spend mornings quiet.
• Learn how to sleep good.
• Learn how to manage my time productive.
• Learn how to set goals effective.
• Create a savings plan and spend money careful.
• Create a cleaning schedule and follow it perfect.

Key: happily; peacefully; probably; weekly; sufficiently; regularly; quietly; well; productively; effectively; carefully; perfectly.

Make up the sentences about plans you made for this summer using the following words:

• happily
• peacefully
• probably
• weekly
• daily
• regularly
• well
• productively

Больше вопросов для обсуждения:

• Why is it good to spend a few days peacefully?
• Do you usually spend your money carefully when planning a summer trip? Why (not)?
• When was the last time you did something happily?
• Did you practice your English regularly? Open the article «Summer bucket list for adult learners» and discuss the tasks with your teacher. 

Больше интересных заданий для урока в статьях:

Task 3. Emotions

Вы можете начать этот блок с обсуждения вопросов:

• What can make you happy on summer holidays? What can make you sad?
• Do you usually show or hide your emotions?
• What things make you feel strong emotions?

Look at the table below. Remember some situations from your summer holidays when you felt anger/fear/happiness/sadness. Try to use at least one word from each category: 

	soft	medium	intense
anger	annoyed frustrated impatient	antagonized offended resentful	furious hateful vengeful
fear	alert cautious shy	anxious suspicious worried	horrified panicked shocked
happiness	hopeful inspired peaceful	cheerful proud satisfied	blissful euphoric radiant
sadness	disappointed disconnected regretful	discouraged drained gloomy	despairing heartbroken hopeless

• Which emotions were more dominant during your summer holidays? 
• What can you do next summer to improve/better the situation?

Task 4. Preparation

Look at the pictures. What can you see?

1. Do you usually prepare for autumn? If so, how? If not, why? 
2. Have you already thought about what you want to achieve or focus on this autumn? If so, what are your goals for the autumn? (Write 2-3 goals and the ways to achieve them) How can you make this autumn even better than last autumn? If not, would you like to? 
3. Do you have to prepare your workplace after summer?
4. Should you change your daily routine? How is it different from what you do on holiday?

Task 5. Discussion

• What are the negative and positive aspects of long summer holidays?
• Why might people feel stressed during summer holidays or after them?
• What are some tips for managing holiday stress? Watch the video «If you have stress or anxiety during the holidays, you are not alone»: